Wasp queen. She did turn round to see what I was doing. Focus stacked using zerene

Male sweat bee. Lasioglossum sp. Focus stacked using zerene

calabrone

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on Japanese anemone flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Bury, UK

Honey bee resting on one of the borage leaves

Another Common Darter lets me get close :-) Loads of these around at present

Leaf Beetle

TQ1270 May 2016

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radio4 has some amazing fly shots and one day I am going to take one like his!

agrion

the heavy wind dislodged it several times and it curved it's body around the leaf it was perched on to help it to stay in place

Work of my friend, Kiki...

Common Wasp macro

I was trying to get one in flight but couldn't quite manage it.

The zombie apocalypse has begun! (Bugun?). Head for the hills (not that it will do any good).

So, does anyone know what species this was before it was turned into a zombie?

(Just to clear up any confusion, this is a perfectly healthy fly. I just think it looks like a zombie)

Male azure damselfly. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/26927517553/ for a 3D version

More from Thurlbear Quarrylands and Thurlbear Woods, this time the butterflies.

The same pair of grizzled skippers as in the previous shot. After pairing up they quite quickly settled into this position and seemed very unconcerned about the macro lens a few inches away.

Explored 2014/05/12 #4 :-)

Another Ibizian bug

Or, the equivalent for those flower seekers. Not sure what kind of creature this is (okay, I know it's an insect!!!), but I found it crawling around the top of this dandelion.

shot with Canon G9

Xylocopa

I'm not sure what kind of eggs are these. A tachinid fly?

Tamron 90mm, handheld with flash.

It seems Tamron 90mm covers full frame Sony A7II sensor.

There's a caterpillar on the bend. Caterpillar walking round the edge of a euphorbia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

About 2 mm

An unexpected speckled wood butterfly on a camellia. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Rhyothemis fuliginosa

Green shieldbug on ox-eye daisy

...in pristine condition.

About two inches long and climbing up a mustard stem to eat the flower. It's head is at the top with two small black eyes facing toward the camera.

(I added a 20mm extension tube to get close.)

MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA

Processed with VSCO

A rather sad looking damp male Colletes bee- out all night in a rain shower.

Focus stacked using zerene